Manifolding device.



` No. 698,302". mama-Apr. 22, |902.

c. H. MANN. MANIFOLDING DEVIIIIEv (Application filed Oct. 23, 1901.\

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may eb', l vew/oze UNITED STATE-sl 5 PATENT GFFICE.

CHARLES H. MANN, OF IIDDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

MANIFOLDING Deiner-:

' SPEGIFICATIONjforming part of Letters Patent No. 698,302, dated April 22, 1902. I

' Applicant fue@ october 2s, 1901. Serin 110.479.704'. dit man.)

To aZjZ whoml it may cori/cern@ Be itknown that LCHARLES I-I. MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haddonfeld, in the county ofrCamden and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for prod ucf .ing manifold copies, and has for its primaryI object to produce an improved structure wherein the carbon paper or copying-ribbon used to produce the duplicates will not require to be touched at anytime by the operator and wherein the sheets to ,be written on mayf'be instantly introduced into and "re- Certain` In the saiddrawings the reference-numeral ll denotes a portable casing v'containing/theV parts of my improved device, the same preferably having a slightly-inclined upper surface, forming a convenient table or supportj for the hand in writing and being capable of transportation for use at any point where MaU convenient support may be had or even heldy by the operator While being used. Mounted longitudinally within said casing and journaled in suitable supports therein are two spools or rollers 2 for holding the web of carbon paper or ribbon, the journals A of said rollers projecting'through'the upper end of the casing and being provided with suitable handles 3 for manipulatingthe same. The carbon-paperor.ribbon-web 4, wound on said rollers 2, passes from one roller to the other through longitudinal slots 5 in the casing and over the surface of said casing. lying between said slots, as shown. Formed integral with or fastened to said casing 1 in immediate Fig. 2 is a central vertical l .proximity to each slot `5 is a narrow longitudinal strip A6, over which the carbonribbon or paper passes, the same servingwhen s'aid ribbon or paperis taut to maintain it slightly above and out of V'cont-act with the table-surface. Mounted transversely of the table-surface andattached to and resting at its ends Aon the strips 6 is a'metallie plate 7, the same being thus raised slightlyfrom the table-surface to permit the passage thereunder of a sheet of paper. This plate 7 is located opposite thelower ends of the slots 5 and is wide enoughto lie Yin the path of travel of the lower edge of the carbon ribbon or .paper 4,

vto` receiveA an j impression therefrom. Now

bylayingthe sheet for the original on top of the carbon ribbon or paperand writing there- Aon the said underlying sheetwilV'receive a duplicate impression in theusual manner. YSaid overlying and underlyingsheets are rejmoved as I inserted,` and the Adevice is ready for vanother operation.V It will of :course-be plicable .is in connection with the form of shipping-tags or express-checks now used by the Adams Express lCompany and shown in Fig. l, the same consisting of a double printed blank formed integral at its bottom and being capable of insertion and removal at one operation I do not, however, wish to conne myself to such form, as thedevice is equally applicable to use with separate original and copy sheets.

It will be understood thatwhen a web of carbon-paper is used to produce the duplicate the same being carbonized on one-side only will leave no reverse impression on the under side of the original; but when a carbon-ribbon is employed such reverse impres- IOO sion will be left unless prevented, said ribbon being carbonized on both sides. One means of preventing this I have shown in the drawings, the same consisting of a sheet or covering of thin paper, linen, or other suitable material 8, overlying the ribbon 4 and removably attached at its corners, preferably by means of small bent hooks 9, fixed in the strips 6, as shown. This sheet or covering will receive on its under side the impression from the ribbon 4, thus eectnally protecting the overlying original and may when it becomes Worn be readily removed and replaced by a fresh sheet. Still another means of accomplishing this result is by winding upon the spools 2, together with the carbon-ribbon 4, a web of thin paper that will unwind with said ribbon and overlie the same in its passage across the table.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a slightly-modified construction for producing two carbon copies, the device in this instance having a double web of carbon paper or ribbon 4 wound ou the spools 2, the under ribbon passing at its lower edge between the adjacent ends of a U-shaped plate l0, while the upper ribbon passes over a plate 11, similar to the plate '7. It will thus be seen that a sheet maybe slipped beneath plate 10, and thus under the lower ribbon, and a second sheet slipped between plates lO and 11, and thus between the two ribbons, the U-shaped plate 10 preventing any possibility of its passing beneath the under ribbon, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Ina manifolding device, a table or support, spools mounted in said table or support,

a web of' carbon carried by said spools and passing over a portion of the surface of said table or support, and a plate lying in the path of travel of one edge of said carbon and over which said edge of the carbon will travel, said plate being raised slightly from the table-surface to permit the passage thereunder and under the carbon of a sheet of paper to be manifolded.

2. In a manifolding device, a casing forming a table, spools mounted in said casing beneath said table, a web of carbon carried by said spools and passing through slots in said casing over a portion of said table, strips at- 'cached to said table adjacent to said slots and over which said carbon passes to maintain it slightly above the table throughout its width, and a plate mounted on said strips and lying in the path of travel of one edge of said carbon and over Which said edge of the carbon will travel, said strips serving to raise said plate slightly above the table-surface to permit the passage thereunder and under the carbon of a sheet of paper to be manifolded.

3. In a manifolding device, a table or support, spools mounted in said table or support, a web of carbon carried by said spools and passing over a portion of the surface of said table or support, a sheet of protecting material overlying said carbon where it passes over the table-surface, and' means, for detachably retaining said sheet in fixed position.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES II. MANN. Witnesses:

REUBEN FITZKEE, J. OMAR Goon. 

